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Thanks! Here's a great subthread from one of those: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16524533 (I just added it to https://news.ycombinator.com/highlights )
@dang I wonder why we don't just generate these things at the bottom of every article? My extension does it already, but I feel like it would help a lot as a core feature.
Seems like a good time to ask this question that has been bugging me forever, since all the HN jet nerds will be drawn to this thread: Why hasn't anyone made a hybrid car that uses a gasoline-powered turbine generator to charge its batteries instead of a piston engine? I'd imagine that hooking up such an engine directly to the drivetrain like in a Prius would be difficult, but surely a small turbine with one hell of…
nice... does anyone remember a K Car with a supercar engine? that was not quite as crazy as this one, no jet engine, but it was nice. i can't seem to find it but i remember reading about this "sleeper car".
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We live in a society where things are legal by default. Why would adding a jet engine to a car be a priori illegal? If he harms somebody or otherwise causes damage, that itself is what's illegal and he'd be liable regardless of motor vehicle regulations. If this mod became a larger trend, especially consumer-available, then regulations would be implemented to head it off. But for a few lone instances it's not particu…
20 years ago in Australia my car got canaried because I had LPG and a pod filter, which was illegal because you were only allowed 1 modification to the intake system. I am 100% confident that if I strapped a jet to the car, it would be illegal. As it should be. If you want to do extremely dangerous modifications, do it on your own property. Not a public road where you risk killing a family of 5.
Tbh I kinda agree this is a bit ridiculous to assume it's safe to drive on the road though.
He had it listed on Craigslist a few years ago... for $550k. Anyone know the current status of it? https://www.autoevolution.com/news/get-yourself-the-iconic-j...
It's still sitting in his shop. RP is not going to sell it.
(Cost of car) + (Cost of Mods) + (My time x some magical hourly rate) = reasonable asking price
The more sane of them add in a multiplier, like say .5 to .8. Or leave out their time.
Reality is:
What 1 person among the people who hear about the sale will pay = reasonable asking price
Seems like a good time to ask this question that has been bugging me forever, since all the HN jet nerds will be drawn to this thread: Why hasn't anyone made a hybrid car that uses a gasoline-powered turbine generator to charge its batteries instead of a piston engine? I'd imagine that hooking up such an engine directly to the drivetrain like in a Prius would be difficult, but surely a small turbine with one hell of…
Because turbine engines have some pretty serious downsides. Compared to a piston engine, they guzzle fuel [1], they're pretty complex to repair (which is one of the problems Ukraine is facing), they spin at absurd RPMs which means that they need some serious housing to not turn into a shrapnel dispenser in case of an engine failure or accident, and they produce an awful lot of hot exhaust gas at high velocity that needs to be dissipated somewhere - down isn't OK because it will melt the asphalt, sideways is not OK because it will melt or injure anyone and anything next to the car, and upwards carries serious risks as well (e.g. if you're in a tunnel).
[1] https://www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/politik/panzer-vergleic...
Can someone ELI20 how one would convert a turboshaft engine to a turbojet engine?